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Microsoft hides mystery Firefox extension in toolbar update
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| As part of its regular Patch Tuesday, Microsoft
| released an update for its various toolbars, and
| this update came with more than just documented
| fixes. The update also installs an add-on for
| Internet Explorer and an extension for Mozilla
| Firefox, both without the user's permission. As you
| can see in the Windows Update screenshot above,
| Microsoft does not indicate that the update will
| install anything for either browser. It's also not
| really clear what the installed extension actually
| does.
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/06/microsoft-slips-ie-firefox-add-on-into-toolbar-update.ars
Is Microsoft pushing stealth updates to users again? This time, it's toolbars ...
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| Iâm getting numerous reports from readers claiming
| that Microsoft is back to pushing stealth updates
| to Windows users via Windows Update. This time, the
| update seems related to its browser toolbars.
|
| Readers started reporting this issue to me
| yesterday, when Firefox users started noticing that
| Extensions window was opening up when launching the
| browser and showing something new - Search Helper
| Extension.
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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/is-microsoft-pushing-stealth-updates-to-users-again-this-time-its-toolbars-/859022
Recent:
Oil spill Firefox plugin blacks out BP across the Web
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| Creative agency Jess3 has developed a
| Firefox plugin that aims to black out all
| mentions of BP (British Petroleum) across
| the web. As one popular tweet espouses,
| "Want BP to [blank] up your browser like
| they've [blank] up the Gulf? Install the
| Oil Spill Firefox plugin from @jess3."
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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/06/02/oil.spill.firefox.blacks.out.bp.mashable/index.html
Firefox add-on game âDestroy The Webâ lets you blast away the Internet
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| This Firefox add-on installs a menacing
| little âDestroy this page!â icon on the
| Firefox toolbar and all you have to do is
| load up your favorite or even not-so-
| favorite webpages and hit the button. Soon
| afterwards, you are greeted to arcade
| music and a countdown timer that beckons
| you to âDestroy the Web.â
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http://www.geek.com/articles/games/firefox-add-on-game-destroy-the-web-lets-you-blast-away-the-internet-2010065/
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